1. EDU626 Integrating Educational Technology Spring 2013A necessary celebration?

2. 2What is this? 3. 3Who is behind this? The Alliance for Excellent Education is aWashington, DC-based national policyand advocacy organization that works toimprove national and federal policy sothat all students can achieve at highacademic levels and graduate from highschool ready for success in college, work,and citizenship in the twenty-firstcentury. About the Alliance 4. 4An emphasis of the Alliance Digital Learning 5. 5Partners for Digital Learning Day 6. 6Whats available for this day? Digital Town Hall Live Simulcast Educators who tune in will see promising practices in digital learning from across the country and be provided with an energetic program to help make the case for effective use of technology in education. Local and State Activities 20,000 Teachers and All 50 States Set to Participate in Digital Learning Day on February 6 Digital Learning: Lessons in Action e.g. on Hunger Games Toolkits 7. 7 Do we need this day? Digital Learning Day: The aftermath [ofthe first one, Feb 1, 2012] Should every school day be Digital Learning Day? Nope. We still need down time from these electronic and virtual spaces of ours, times when we experience the joy of human connection, nature, solitude, reflection (and all of those other things that people say I should be experiencing!). But, nonetheless, we definitely need more digital, more often in most of our primarily-analog schools . . . February 2, 2012 by Scott McLeod 8. DIGITAL LEARNING